Nursing bottle



Sept. 20, 1932.

J. P. FEGELY NURSING BOTTLE Filed March 21, 1931 Fatented Sept. 20, 1932 JOHN P. FEGELY, F ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ON E-HALF TO ERNEST A. WALLIS, OF ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA NURSING BOTTLE Application fi1ed March 21, 1931. Serial No. 524,384.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive nipple attachment that will insure a steady, uniform flow of food through the nipple, to thereby insure the proper feeding of the infant, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing annexed:

Fig. 1 is a vertical section of the upper end of a nursing bottle provided in my device;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the control device detached from the bottle and nipple; .and

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same.

The invention consists in inserting between the ordinary soft rubber nipple 5 and the mouth of the usual bottle 6, a body 7 having a double cone-shape, i. e., two cones with their bases attached together exactly coinciding, thereby forming a symmetrical body, the upper part of which tapers upwardly in the manner of a cone, and the lower part of which tapers downwardly in the form of a cone. One or more small grooves 8 extend from the apex of one cone to the apex of the other cone to thus form one or more channels or passages for the liquid food.

The device is placed in the mouth of the bottle with one of the cones pointing downwardly and the other upwardly, the lower cone fitting near its base to the mouth of the bottle to thereby form a sort of stopper for the bottle. This stopper-like body is held in place within the mouth of the bottle by means of the rubber nipple, which when it is stretched over the neck of the bottle in the usual manner, will bear against the face of the upper cone all around the same and thus virtually clamp the stopper in the mouth of the bottle, thereby holding the stopper against movement in any direction. The lower cone fits nicely in the mouth of the bottle and so there is no escape for the fluid except through the groove 8. It will be observed that the device is reversible, it being immaterial which of the cones depends into the bottle; this renders the device fool-proof in applying it to a bottle. It will be observed that no amount of crushing, folding or bend ing the mouthpiece of the nipple can close the grooves 8 and that therefore no matter how much the nipple may be distorted in the mouth of the infant, the flow of food will continue as predetermined by the depth and numb-er of the grooves. This device also prevents the nipple being collapsed and jammed into the neck of the bottle, as quite frequently occurs with the common form of nipple.

It will be observed that it is important that the double-cone body shall have sufficient diameter at the bases of the two abutting cones to overlap and lie upon the top edge of the bottle mouth, so that the mere placing of the nipple on the bottle mouth will result in clamping the double-cone device in place and hold it there during feeding. Also it is important that there shall be two grooves extending from apex to apex to thus not only admit air into the bottle as the food is withdrawn, but also to prevent collapsing of the nipple upon the outer cone closing the grooves.

I claim: 7

A food controlling device for use in a nursing bottle having a flexible nipple removably attached to the mouth of the bottle, a doublecone body having two grooves extending from apex to apex, the two cones being symmetrical so that either one may extend into the bottle neck to thereby render the device reversible, said body having sutficient diameter at the bases of the two cones to rest upon the upper end of the mouth of the bottle so that the nipple when properly placed on the mouth of the bottle will clamp the doublecone body in place and hold it in place while feeding.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

JOHN P. FEGELY. 

